Where is the responsiblity?

Prof. Coit "Chip" Blacker gave a very good speech at our commissioning yesterday--edgy enough to be thought-provoking, but patriotic enough to be appropriate. Near the end, he mentioned that our society likes to talk endlessly about our rights, but we rarely dwell on our responsibilities.

It's not just the bats that are corked--we're living in an age of corked news stories, corked earnings reports, corked Olympic bids... I'm not just talking about glee at seeing a celebrity fall from grace--I think there may be a more widespread problem of dishonesty and deception.

"It ain't like it used to be" is a tired refrain, but all this scandal and betrayal of trust makes me wonder whether we really have lost a sense of responsibility that we used to have.

Posted 12:57 PST